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Monday, August 29, 2011

WAHA Ice Cream Social

Matt and I spent a lovely Sunday afternoon getting to know the folks in our community. The West Adams Heritage Association (WAHA) hosted their annual ice cream social at the Britt Mansion. We toured the lovely estate, now home to LA84, were delighted by live vaudeville entertainment, ate all kinds of sweets and met some wonderful new people. Oh, and did I mention we ate sweets... lots of sweets!

Here we are, Matt is bringing in the lemon ricotta cake we made...

Beautiful Georgian Britt Mansion built in 1910

inside the mansion

Some of the sweets... my cake was a hit!

Vaudeville singers performed all of Grammy's favorites!

this guy. precious.

Sipping sangria by the raffle prizes

Many people wore fabulous period dress!

I loved this pomegranate tree-

So full of pomegranates!

Matt's walks the walk- the cake walk, that is. He looks like he had fun, but he didn't walk away with any baked goodness-- the winner was an adorable 3 year old named Alexander!

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A few years ago, I found myself needing a reminder of the lighter things in life... so I created this blog. It's a collection of things that make me happy-- the special places I've been, or want to visit, the people and animals that I love most, the books and foods and homey things that make me smile. Additionally, it is platform for me to share the excitement and hiccups of being an American expat in Edinburgh, Scotland!

May your days be Happy and your Dreams come true!

Who am I?

I am an American woman who moved from Los Angeles, California to Edinburgh, Scotland with my husband and our 3 cats (yes, you read that correctly!). I love to travel & eat & sing songs & knit & move slugs off of sidewalks so they don't get squished by big human feet.

I also think that life is what you make of it, and I'm trying to make mine awesome.